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I'm assuming there's a particular reason that it is presumed 2^63 divided by the number of seconds in a year would equal 292,277,026,296. Something just doesn't seem right when below the statement that 2^(16 - 1) would become negative while 2^(64 - 1) would return to zero. Mechamind90 (talk) 20:27, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, those were mostly wrong. Now (hopefully) corrected. Rwessel (talk) 20:03, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so what about the statement that it's past the end of the universe? Some red dwarfs currently in existence will still be shining then, if they aren't mined out first. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.152.145 (talk) 14:29, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday, I added a [citation needed] to the section about humanity being dead by this date, and it was reverted. Perhaps that wasn't the correct way to go about it, as I am not an experienced Wikipedia editor, but I take issue with the way that it's worded. All 3 other points (earth, the sun, and the universe) have links to the section about the topic of their speculated final fate on their own pages, but the section about humanity lacks this, as if this was self-evident. Willytor (talk) 17:42, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article uses CE in some places and AD in others. Is that okay or should it be edited to consistently use one or the other? 184.21.204.5 (talk) 02:40, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Per MOS:ERA, an article should use one era style consistently. As far as I can see, currently this article has one use of AD and one use of CE, so it's not a huge issue, but it should be fixed. The AD was added here on 16 October 2020, and the CE was added here on 5 July 2022, so according to MOS:ERA, the older style should be retained, and the CE should be changed to AD. CodeTalker (talk) 02:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I changed the CE to AD, and also corrected the existing use of "292,277,026,596 AD" to "AD 292,277,026,596." 184.21.204.5 (talk) 03:29, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The redirect 5,391,559,471,918,239,497,011,222,876,596 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 June 5 § 5,391,559,471,918,239,497,011,222,876,596 until a consensus is reached. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:42, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Y10k section is an example of someone taking an April fools joke too seriously. Not only wasRFC 2550 released on April 1, 1999, but it's content is obviously humorous (unless someone seriously thinks that a program needs to handle all possible dates in the lifetime of the universe and more). In my opinion, this RFC deserves no attention in a serious context. I'm not going to completely remove the section, in case someone can find a source that genuinely speaks of a "Y10k" problem. Nickps (talk) 15:19, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]